ACTION 23: Each Public Body will be required to identify datasets it holds and release these by default subject to legal or other restrictions e.g. Data Protection, Official Secrets, commercial sensitivity, etc. If there are datasets that a body determines cannot be released, a case to that effect will have to be made to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Databank

( Action 23 - completed )

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's Databank provides access to a comprehensive set of data on public expenditure in Ireland.

The objective of Ireland Stat is to provide a whole-of-Government performance measurement system, providing access to meaningful and relevant performance information. The pilot website is available at http://www.irelandstat.gov.ie

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is conscious of all legal and other restrictions regarding release of Datasets. These include, Data Protection, EU Regulations, Official Secrets, Commercial Sensitivity etc.Where possible DAFM will comply with the DPER requirements.

CSO
publishes data in aggregated form on the CSO website including in machine
readable format(i.e., computer programs can read the data directly from the
CSO website, data is stored in a structured text format called PCAxis).

Tables can be downloaded in a variety of formats. .xls;.px;.csv;.txt;.html;.shp;.shx;.dbf;
.pdf.

CSO does not make available datasets containing individual records and
is prevented from doing so by the Statistics Act."

Crime statistics data from the Garda Siochana information system (PULSE) is provided to the Central Statistics Office who in turn publish crime statistics data sets which are available for download by the public.